A Vernacular musician from Kiambu County has come out hitting at his governor Ferdinard Waititu in form of a song following his remarks on the ongoing demolition on buildings on riparian land in Nairobi.
Kimani Turacco released a kikuyu song dubbed “Muici ni muici” which loosely translates to: “A thief is a thief” last week setting controversy again on the internet.
The new song, “Muici ni muici”, is meant to send a strong message to President Uhuru Kenyatta, where he is heard urging him to intensify his war on impunity and corruption in the country.
The song also hits out at Governor Waititu who last week opposed the move by the Nairobi Governor of demolishing buildings on riparian land, claiming that the move was causing massive losses to investors, instead waititu argued that the rivers should instead be moved further a statement that created headlines.
According to Waititu’s urgument he said, “What am seeing…if there are people supporting the ongoing demolition of buildings, I personally don’t support it. Let them investigate and find out if your house is close to the river, then you should be told it is your responsibility (house owner) to make sure that the river is moved a bit. Otherwise, demolishing houses is not a solution, honestly speaking, it is such a big loss.”
Lat Month the artist made headlines after he released yet another song dubbed “Hatuna Deni, Kitaeleweka” song, which loosely translates to ‘We owe no one any debt, we must end this’, in which he urged Central Kenya voters not to support Deputy President’s William Ruto’s 2022 bid in the notion that they owe him anything following his support for President Kenyatta in 2013 and 2017 general Election.
Turacco criticised Waititu’s proposal, saying the idea is of no value to the environment.
“Did I hear others say rivers to be relocated instead of demolishing? Nonsense. Water is life,” says Turacco in the song.
The controversial musician further urged Kenyatta to scrutinise how the Kiambu County government is run, considering it is the Head of State’s home county.
Waititu has been headlining for a couple of days now following his remarks, as well as the arrest of his wife who was accused of putting up buildings illegally.
